He's still not had that much international experience though to be fair. But he played his way to the top of the Russian scene back when it was big which is quite an achievement in itself when you look at all the good players it produced.

yes thats true, hes very very good, cant deny that. But ppl have allways like had the expectations that he will be a contender for 1st place after hes been very good online. But so far he hasnt been as good on lan, atleast not internationally dunno about russian lans tho.

i haven't been able to watch any of rapha's practice matches due to work, but he seems to be winning practically all of them, including a few with cypher. that said, many of them are not with the top of the top, but still, a good sign that he's getting back into shape.